The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Polish: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Skrzypcowy im. Henryka Wieniawskiego) is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880). The first competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw, 100 years after the birth of its patron, and consisted of two stages. The second, after a gap of 17 years in 1952, and subsequent events were held in Poznań in three stages. In 1957 the competition became one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva. In 2001 it was decided that the competition would henceforth be held in four stages.

Candidates shall be qualified for the competition subject to preliminary selection auditions run by Maxim Vengerov and another member of the jury.

The following three statutory prizes shall be awarded in the competition: First prize: 30,000 Euro and gold medal; Second prize: 20,000 Euro and silver medal; and Third prize: 12,000 Euro and bronze medal.

Additional prizes include three honorary distinctions of 5,000 Euro and the special extra-statutory prize funded by Maxim Vengerov: 12 individual lessons for one of the competition participants. The first edition of the competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw and drew 160 contestants from 23 countries. The inaugural winner of the competition was France's Ginette Neveu. One of the participants was also Grażyna Bacewicz who received an honorary diploma and was to become a future juror of the competition. The two first prizes were funded by renowned Polish luthier Tomasz Panufnik.

Prizewinners

2022 I. II. Meruert Karmenova III. Qingzhu Weng Distinction. // Hana Chang & Jane Hyeonjin Cho & Dayoon You

2016 I. / Veriko Tchumburidze II. Bomsori Kim & Seiji Okamoto III. Not awarded IV. Luke Hsu V. / Richard Lin VI. Maria Włoszczowska VII. Ryosuke Suho

2011 I. Soyoung Yoon II. Miki Kobayashi III. Stefan Tarara Distinction. Erzhan Kulibaev & Aylen Pritchin & Arata Yumi

2006 I. Agata Szymczewska II. Airi Suzuki III. Anna Maria Staśkiewicz IV. Lev Solodovnikow V. Maria Machowska V. Jarosław Nadrzycki VI. Wojciech Pławner Distinction. Simeon Klimashevskiy

2001 I. Alena Baeva II. Soojin Han & Roman Simowic III. Gaik Kazazian & Bracha Malkin & Hiroko Takahashi IV. Mayuko Kamio V. Jaroslaw Nadrzycki VI. Alexandra Wood

1996 I. Not awarded II. Reiko Otani III. Akkiko Tanaka IV. Łukasz Błaszczyk & Asuka Sezaki V. Anna Reszniak VI. Maria M. Nowak

1991 I. Bartłomiej Nizioł & Piotr Pławner II. Chie Abiko III. Reiko Shiraishi IV. Monika Jarecka V. Tomoko Yoshimura

1986 I. Ewgenij Buszkow III. Nobu Wakabayashi & Robert Kabara IV. Wiktor Kuzniecow V. Alexander Romanul VI. Hiroko Suzuki

1981 I. Keiko Urushihara II. Elisa Kawaguti III. Aureli Błaszczok IV. Seiji Kageyama V. Iwao Furusawa VI. Megumi Shimane

1977 I. Vadim Brodsky II. Piotr Milewski & Michał Wajman III. Zakhar Bron & Peter A. Zazofsky IV. Charles A. Linale V. Hiro Kurosaki & Anna A. Wódka VI. Kazuhiko Sawa Awards. Asa Konishi & Keiko Mizuno

1972 I. Tatiana Grindienko II. Shizuka Ishikawa III. Barbara Górzyńska V. Tadeusz Gadzina & Graczija Arutunian VI. Stefan Czermak & Kenji Iwamoto VII. Edward Z. Zienkowski

1967 I. Piotr Janowski II. Michał Bezwierchnyj III. Kaja Danczowska IV. Eduard Tatewosjan V. Anatolij Mielnkow VI. Michał Grabarczyk & Mincho Minchev

1962 I. Charles Treger II. Oleg Krysa III. Krzysztof Jakowicz IV. Izabella Petrosjan V. Mirosław Rusin & Henryk Jarzynski & Priscilla A. Ambrose VI. Tomasz Michalak

1957 I. Roza Fajn II. Sidney Harth III. Mark Komissarow IV. Augustin Leon-Ara V. Ayla Erduran VI. Władimir Malinin

1952 I. Igor Oistrakh II. Julian Sitkovetsky & Wanda Wiłkomirska III. Blanche Tarjus & Marina Jaszwili & Olga Parchomlenko IV. Emil Kamilarov & Edward Statkiewicz & Igor Iwanow & Henryk Palulis V. Csaba Bokay

1935 I. Ginette Neveu II. David Oistrakh III. Henri Temianka IV. Boris Goldstein V. Ljerko Spiller VI. Mary Luisa Sardo VII. Ida Haendel VIII. Hubert Anton IX. Bronislav Gimpel

Laureates by country Country Number 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1

See also List of classical music competitions Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors Chopin International Piano Competition World Federation of International Music Competitions

References

External links Henryk Wieniawski Society – organizer of the competition